PSA: This emoji stands for praying hands, not a high five
There seems to be some confusion about what certain emoji actually mean. Gawker brings us word that a TV station in Philadelphia described the emoji …
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It’s official: Apple is axing 200 Beats employees
Apple is cleaning house as the $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics approaches completion. Bloomberg reports that Apple has informed over 200 Beats employees that …
The Galaxy Alpha won’t be the smaller high-end Galaxy S5 version you want
After a series of leaked images suggested that Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Alpha smartphone will only have metal on its edges, with SamMobile saying the phone …
Hot new HTC smartphone tackles two of the One (M8)’s biggest flaws
There’s a hot new HTC smartphone on the market, although you won’t be able to get it unless you live in Japan. Japanese carrier KDDI …
Meet Timeful, the intelligent ‘Time Assistant’ that knows how to squeeze all your to-do chores in your busy calendar
Timeful is a new free iPhone application that wants to help users better manage their calendars and to-do lists at the same time. Timeful is an …
Is the Galaxy Note 4 doomed to be plastic?
Samsung doesn’t always listen to fans when creating new mobile devices, no matter what it says during its press events — as long as smartphone sales …
This could be the final nail in the Sprint-T-Mobile merger’s coffin
The $32 billion merger between Sprint and T-Mobile always faced a major uphill climb since U.S. regulators really weren’t keen on the idea of letting …
Ryan Seacrest’s ‘BlackBerry killer’ copycat keyboard is back from the dead
You can’t keep a good copycat down. CrackBerry brings us word that Ryan Seacrest’s Typo has just unveiled a new keyboard attachment that it hopes is …
Korea’s worst baseball team builds robot fans to cheer demoralized players
When a baseball team hits a slump, it can feel insurmountable at times. It doesn’t help when the fan base isn’t there to support the …
Sweet app brings one of Apple’s best new software features to your Android phone
One of the best software features Apple introduced at WWDC 2014 is Handoff, a neat trick that will allow users who own both an iOS …
The one thing that Tim Cook really needs to do better
Unlike a lot of pundits and analysts, I actually think Tim Cook has done a very good job of running Apple. The company is still …
Is Apple’s iPhone 6 going to feature a glowing Apple logo?
Following a hands-on video with the metal case of the iPhone 6, which originated from a source close to Apple’s production lines in China, YouTube …
You can now download 30 paid Android apps worth $155 for free
Android device owners looking to score a slew of free Android apps should check out the Amazon Appstore, where some 30 applications that are worth …
This is one iOS 8 feature you’ll absolutely love
Apple’s iOS 8 will ship with a bunch of new features and improvements, including a way for apps to communicate between each other to share data, …
Sprint again shows why it’s America’s worst wireless carrier
Amazing but true — Sprint’s “Framily” ad campaign has done little to stop subscribers from fleeing in droves. The Un-uncarrier last quarter reported losing another …
How to fix one of iOS 7.1’s most annoying bugs
IOS 7.1 was a fantastic update for Apple’s mobile operating system, bringing with it plenty of bug fixes and refinements that were absent in the …
9 awesome paid iPhone apps you can now download for free (save $21!)
It’s the last day of a great month, so we clearly need to end on a high note. BGR has saved app lovers hundreds of …
Verizon explains why it’s throttling its ‘unlimited’ data customers
Remember that classic Simpsons episode where Homer got tossed out of the “all-you-can-eat” seafood restaurant because he ate its entire supply of shrimp and two …
New report claims the iPhone 6 may release much later than we expected
Apple is widely expected to launch two iPhone 6 models beginning this fall. The company was expected to start selling at least one of them …
Samsung desperately rushing Galaxy Note 4 to market before the iPhone 6 hits
Samsung will apparently announce its fourth-generation flagship phablet on September 3rd at IFA 2014 in Berlin, The Korea Times has learned, as the company appears …
Watch this crazy GoPro video of a man leaping off a four-story building
Repeat after me, everyone: Do not try this at home. GoPro has just posted an amazing new video that shows us what it’s like to …
Strategy Analytics: 85% of phones shipped last quarter run Android
Strategy Analytics already has smartphone sales numbers for the second quarter of 2014, with the company revealing that Android gained even more market share during …
T-Mobile swings to Q2 profit, adds 1.5 million net customers
T-Mobile on Thursday morning reported solid second-quarter earnings that sent the stock climbing in pre-market trading. The company says it led the industry in a …
Meet the voice behind AOL’s ‘You’ve got mail’ sound clip
Have you ever wondered who recorded AOL’s extremely popular “You’ve got mail” line, which you may have heard countless times so far alongside other familiar …
Want to make $1 million per month? Retire from the NSA
Former NSA director Keith Alexander will charge companies up to $1 million a month to keep them safe from online hackers, Foreign Policy reports. Apparently …
BlackBerry’s global market share is so low that Kantar won’t even report it
BlackBerry CEO John Chen strikes us as a very smart guy who has made some good moves to give BlackBerry fresh life. The smartest move …
Here’s why you can’t get EA’s awesome game subscription service on the PS4
When EA announced its new EA Access subscription program for the Xbox One, we were surprised because it sounds like a pretty good deal. Given EA’s …
FreedomPop is about to turn any LTE tablet into a phone with free data, voice and texting
FreedomPop on Wednesday announced plans to sell discounted LTE tablets that come with a free data plus connectivity capable of offering tablet buyers phone features. …
The man who said Google Glass would revolutionize computing wants Microsoft to dump Windows Phone
One-time Google Glass enthusiast Robert Scoble is always an entertaining read, although he’s not exactly someone whom tech companies should take advice from. After all, …
No one wants ‘mini’ versions of flagship phones
As flagship smartphones continue to grow more giant each year, smartphone vendors have tried to avoid losing customers looking for smaller and more affordable smartphones with …
